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Stickings that Rock, Part 1
This excerpt is taken from the complete article that appears in the March 2016 issue, which is available here. Basics Stickings that Rock Part 1: From a Hand Pattern to a Groove by Rich Redmond This month we’ll look at…
Meinl Introduces Classics Custom Dark Hi-Hats and Dark Crashes!
Following the release of the Classics Custom Dark ride, Meinl cymbals introduces the Classics Custom Dark hi-hat and Dark crashes. The 14" Dark hi-hat has a bright and warm stick response combined with a tight and pronounced chick sound. The…
Drumerica Is Open to All Young Jazz, Rock, Latin, Metal And R&B Drummers
No matter what style of music they play, aspiring drummers can show their talent, skill and personality by participating in the 2014 Drumerica drumming contest. Entry in the newly-created National Competition for Young Drummers is free and open to all…
Product Close-Up: TRX CRX Series Cymbals (From the January 2014 Issue)
by Michael Dawson The California-based TRX offers a full range of Turkish-made cymbals for the contemporary drummer. Earlier this year, the company launched a new collection of lower-cost B20 cymbals, which are made in China. This line, called CRX, comprises…
Rock & Jazz Clinic: Double Bass Fills, Part 1
Powell Randolphphoto by Eddie Williams June 2013 Rock & Jazz Clinic Double-Bass Fills Overlapping Into the Next Phrase by Powell Randolph The purpose of this lesson is to show you how to overlap bass drum notes at the end of…
Rock Perspectives: Half-Time Shuffle
April 2013 Rock Perspectives The Half-Time Shuffle Variations on One of Drumming’s Slinkiest Grooves by Dave Beyer The half-time shuffle is a signature beat for some of the most legendary drummers in history. Guys like Bernard Purdie, John Bonham, and…
Rock & Jazz Clinic: Funky Threes
Funky Threes Breaking the Mold With Broken Stickings by Jeff Salem In this article, we’re going to look at a very simple three-note sticking pattern (LLR) and apply it on the drumkit in a way that you may not have…
13 Tons Of Heavy
A Baker’s Dozen Of The Best Hard Rock Albums Released Over The Past Year GOD DETHRONED UNDER THE SIGN OF THE IRON CROSS According to God Dethroned’s official website, the band called it quits following the release of this album,…
Realistic Drum Fills: Replacementsby Carmine Appice
BOOK/CD LEVEL: ALL $15.99 Rock legend Carmine Appice continues his award-winning Realistic instructional series with this seventy-five-page guide to creating more interesting drum fills by developing hand/foot combinations. Famous for this technique, Appice starts with basic 8th-note sticking patterns…
Phil Rudd: The Very Definition of Rock Drumming
When many musicians and fans think about no-nonsense, rock-solid, play-for-the-song drumming, the first name that comes to mind is Phil Rudd. The Australian drummer played in several Melbourne bands, such as Buster Brown and the Coloured Balls, before joining up…
Jim Capaldi: Traffic’s Reluctant Drum Wonder
Jim Capaldi, best known as drummer, singer, and lyricist with the British band Traffic, was one of the most identifiable and multi-talented musicians to come of age at the tail end of the British Invasion of the mid-’60s. Hooking up…
Rick Henry of Havana Rocks
My name’s Rick, and I’m the drummer for Yorkshire hard rock outfit Havana Rocks. I thought it would be cool to share some info about me and the band with all the MD readers. Well, what can I say, I…
Cupcakes Of Hank & Cupcakes
Hey, bangers around the world! I’m Cupcakes (that’s right), singer and drummer of raw-pop group Hank & Cupcakes. We arrived in New York a year and a half ago and have been playing pretty much non-stop ever since. We’re a…
Matty Clark of Anchored
Greetings, MD readers! This is Matty Clark, drummer for Texas-based dirty southern rock band Anchored. We’ll be heading out on the road through April and May with Saliva, with plenty more dates to be posted after that. A little about…
